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PHILIP J. MAUGER, OF DANVERS, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,771, dated January26, 1892.

Application filed October 29, 1891. Serial No. 410,256. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. MAUGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danvers, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of sliding gates, to enable the same to be opened andclosed with little force and to prevent gates being opened by stock.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a sliding gate, having its two uppermost bars 3 formingtracks and suspended from rollers 4: of an upright 5 and a fence-post 6,and adapted to be opened and closed by operating-levers 7, which'havetheir inner ends connected with the gate bya swinging lever S. Theswinging lever is provided near its upper end with a slot or opening 9,and is fulcrumed on an arm 10, which inclines downward and laterallyfrom the upright 5, and is provided at its outer end with a pivotbolt11, arranged in the slot 9 and forming a fulcrum for the swinging lever.The lower end of the swinging lever is provided with a slot 12, and ispivoted to the gate by a bolt 13, arranged in the slot 12, and the slot12 permits a limited longitudinal movement of the swinging lever, inorder to lift a latch 14. to release the gate. The upper end of theswinging lever is flexibly connected to the inner ends of theoperating-levers, and the latter are fulcrumed at the outer ends ofacrossbar 15 on blocks 16, which have their lower ends 17'bifurcated andpivoted to the crossbar and their upper ends pivoted to the levers 7.These blocks allow a vertical, a longitudinal, and a slight lateralmovement of the operating-levers, in order to change the fulcrum-pointto carry the swinging lever beyond a vertical position, to prevent thegate having a dead-center. The two uppermost bars 3 of the gate areextended inward, and the top one has pivotally secured to it the latch14, which has a beveled end and is provided in its lower edge with arecess 18, adapted to engage a projection 19 of the upright to lock thegate. The latch is provided near its beveled end with an inclined flange20, extending laterally from its upper edge and arranged to be engagedbyapin 21 of the swinging lever 8, whereby when the outer ends of theoperating-levers, which are provided with depending handles, aredepressed the swinging lever S will be moved longitudinally sufficientlyto lift the latch and carry the notch of the same out of engagement withthe projection 19 of the upright.

It will be seen that the gate is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it may be readily operated with little force,

and that the latch is arranged out of the reach of stock and cannot beopened by them.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of asupporting-frame provided with an inclined arm, a sliding gate, aswinging lever having its lower end pivotally connected to the gate andprovided near its upper end with a longitudinal opening and fulcrumed011 the inclined arm, and the operating-levers fulcrumed on thesupporting-frame and having their inner ends connected to the upper endof the swinging lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a supporting-frame having a cross-bar and providedwith an inclined arm, a sliding gate, a swinging lever having its lowerend pivotally connected to the gate and provided near its upper end witha longitudinal opening, blocks pivotally mounted on the crossbar, andoperating-levers fulcrumed on the block and having their inner endsconnected to the swinging lever, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. The combination of a supporting-frame provided with a projection 19,a sliding gate, a latch pivoted to the gate and provided with a recessto engage the projection 19 and having a laterally-extending inclinedflange, a

swinging lever fulcrumed on the fraine'and In testimony that I claim theforegoing as having its lower end pivoted to the gate and myoWnIhavehereto afiixed my signature in provided with a slot 12 and having a pinarthe presence of two Witnesses.

ranged to engage the flange of the latch, and PHILIP J. MAUGER. 5operating-levers fulcrumed on the frame and Witnesses:

connected with the swinging lever, substan- P. H. VANCE,

tially as described. J. B. VANCE.

